Folewe forþ þat fortune wole  þou hast wel far..O.11.35: A solidus/punctus appears over far and two spaces follow it in which characters have been erased; Kane and Donaldson believe that far has been substituted for faire, the reading of Y. to elde

O.11.36KD.11.36

A man may stoupe tyme ynow  whanne he schal tyne þe crowne

O.11.37KD.11.37

Homo proponit quod a poete  & plato he hyȝte

O.11.38KD.11.38

And . deus disponit quod he  latte god do his wille

O.11.39KD.11.39

If truþe wole witnesse . it be we wel do  fortune to folwe

O.11.40KD.11.40

Concupiscencia carnis  ne coueytise of yen

O.11.41KD.11.41

Ne schal not greue þee gretli  ne bigyle þee but þou wilt

O.11.42KD.11.42

Ȝhe fare-wel phippe quod fauntelte  & forþ gan me drawe

O.11.43KD.11.43

Til concupiscencia carnis  acordede alle my werkis

O.11.44KD.11.44

Allas ye quod Elde  and holynesse boþe

O.11.45KD.11.45

Þat witt schal turne to wrecchednesse  for wille to haue his likyng

O.11.46KD.11.46

Coueytise of yen  counfortede me soone after

O.11.47KD.11.47

And folewede me fourti wynter  or fifty orO.11.47: OGC2 alone have or fifty or; variants include or fifty and (Cr23YCB) and and a fifte (WHmCr1LMRF). more

Or where he were parischen  riȝt þere he schulde be grauenO.11.69: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to
alliterate.

O.11.70KD.11.68

And for I seyde þus to freris  a fool þei me helden

O.11.71KD.11.69

And louede me þe lesse  for my lele speche

Freris

O.11.72KD.11.70

And ȝit I criede on my confessour  þat helde hymself so kunnynge

O.11.73KD.11.71

Bi my feiþ frere quod I  ȝe faren lijk þeise wowers

. Exemplum.

O.11.74KD.11.72

Þat wedden no wydewis  but forto welde her goodes

O.11.75KD.11.73

Riȝt so bi þe rode  rouȝtenO.11.75: OC2 alone have the form rouȝten in place of rouȝte. ȝe neuere

O.11.76KD.11.74

Where my body were biryed  bi so ȝe hadde þe siluer

O.11.77KD.11.75

Ich haue myche merueyle of ȝow  & so haþ many oþer

O.11.78KD.11.76

Why ȝoure couent coueytiþ  to confesse & to birie

O.11.79KD.11.77

Raþer þan to baptise barnes  þat been cathecumynys

O.11.80KD.11.78

Baptisyng & biryeng  boþe been ful nedeful

O.11.81KD.11.79

Ac myche more merytorie me þinkeþ  is to baptise

O.11.82KD.11.80

For a baptised man may  as maystres tellen

O.11.83KD.11.81

Þoruȝ contricioun come  to þe hye heuene

O.11.84KD.11.81α

Sola contricio delet peccatumO.11.84: This line is written in the right margin.

O.11.85KD.11.82

Ac a barn wiþ-outen bapteem  may not be saued

O.11.86KD.11.82α

Nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua & ceteraO.11.86: This line is written in the right margin.

O.11.87KD.11.83

Loke ȝe lettred men  wheþer I lye or not

O.11.88KD.11.84

And lewte lokede on me  & I lourede after

O.11.89KD.11.85

Wher-fore lourest þou quod lewte  & lokede on me harde

O.11.90KD.11.86

If I durste quod I amongys men  þeise metelis auowe

O.11.91KD.11.87

Ȝhe . bi petir & bi poule quod he  & toke boþe to witnesse

O.11.92KD.11.88

Non oderis fratres secrete in corde tuo . set puplice argue illosO.11.92: This line is written in the left margins of ll. 91-94. It is divided after fratres, corde, and puplice, so that it appears as four lines.

O.11.93KD.11.89

Þei wolen alegge also quod I  & biO.11.93: The <b> of bi has been altered from another letter. þe gospel preue

O.11.94KD.11.90

Nolite iudicare quemquam .O.11.94: This line is written in the right margin.

O.11.95KD.11.91

And wher-of serueþ lawe quod lewte  if no lijf vndir-tokeO.11.95: OC2 alone lack it at the end of this line. A solidus/punctus appears over the line following vndir-toke, followed by a space in which characters have been erased. In the right margin is a caret/punctus and the word it, faintly visible though erased, suggesting that it may originally have appeared at the end of the line and later have been erased in response to a corrector's instruction to
delete.

O.11.96KD.11.92

FalnesseFal[s]nesse ne faytrie . for sumwhat  þe apostle seyde

O.11.97KD.11.93-94

Non oderis fratrem . & in þe sauter also  seiþ dauid þe prophete

O.11.98KD.11.95

Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis & cetera

O.11.99KD.11.96

It is leuefulO.11.99: O alone has the form leueful; most B manuscripts have licitum. for lewide men  to segge þe soþe

O.11.100KD.11.97

If hem likeþ orO.11.100: OC2 alone have or in place of and. liste  iche a lawe it grauntiþ

Grace . wiþ-outen any bede biddyng  his boone loueO.11.154: Because marginal loue is placed directly above boone, and both are accompanied by a solidus/punctus, it seems likely that it is intended as a substitution. Perhaps a gloss, and
not substitution, is intended; however, the words do not have the same meaning, and it seems unlikely that the word boone would have been unfamiliar to any reader. was vndirfongen

O.11.155KD.11.151

And I saued as ȝe mowenO.11.155: O alone has the form mowen; most B manuscripts have may. see  wiþ-out syngyng of masses

O.11.156KD.11.152

Bi loue & bi lernyng  of my lyuyng in truþe

O.11.157KD.11.153

Brouȝte me fro bitter peyne  þere no biddyng myȝte

O.11.158KD.11.154

Lo ȝe lordis . what lewte dide  bi an emperour of rome

O.11.159KD.11.155

Þat was an vncristen creature  as clerkis fynden in bokis

O.11.160KD.11.156

Not þoruȝ preyer of a pope  but for his pure truþe 

O.11.161KD.11.157

Was þat sarasen saued  as seynt gregory bereþ witnesse

O.11.162KD.11.158

Wel ouȝten ȝe lordis þat lawes kepen  þis lessoun haue in mynde

O.11.163KD.11.159

And on troianus truþe to þenke  & do truþe to þe peple

Exemplum RomanusO.11.164: This rubric, written in a larger and more formal script than that of the rest of the text, may not be written in the main
scribal hand. It is divided after Exemplum, so that it appears as two lines.

O.11.164KD.11.171

Lawe wiþ-outen loue quod troianus  ley þere a bene

O.11.165KD.11.172

Or any science vndir sunne  þe seuene artis & alle

O.11.166KD.11.173

But þei be lerned for oure lordis loue  lost is al þe tyme

O.11.167KD.11.174

For no cause to cacche syluer þerbi  ne to be called a mayster

O.11.168KD.11.175

But al for loue of oure lord  & þe bette to loue þe peple

O.11.169KD.11.176

For seynt ion seyde it  & soþe arn hise wordis

O.11.170KD.11.176α

Qui non diligit manet in morteO.11.170: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after in, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

O.11.171KD.11.177

Who-so loueþ not leue me  he lyueþ in deþ-deyinge

O.11.172KD.11.178

And þat alle manere men  enemyes & frendes 

O.11.173KD.11.179

Loue her eyþer oþer  & lene hem as hem-seluen

O.11.174KD.11.180

Who-so leneþ not he loueþ not  god woot þe soþe

O.11.175KD.11.181

And comaundedeO.11.175: OC2RF alone have the preterite form. iche creature  to conforme hym to louye

O.11.176KD.11.182

And souereynli pore peple  & her enemyes after

O.11.177KD.11.183

For hem þat haten vs  is oure meryte to louye

O.11.178KD.11.184

And pore peple to plese  her preyeris mowen vs helpe

O.11.179KD.11.185

For oure ioye & oure hele  iesu crist of heuene

O.11.180KD.11.186

In a pore mannys apparayle  pursueþ vs euere

O.11.181KD.11.187

And lokiþ on vs in her liknesse  & þat wiþ loueli chere

O.11.182KD.11.188

To knowe vs bi oure kynde herte  & castyng of oure ye

O.11.183KD.11.189

Wheþer we louenO.11.183: OC2 alone have the form louen in place of loue. þe lordis heer  bifore oure lord of blisse

O.11.184KD.11.190

And exciteþ vs bi þe euangelie  þat whanne we maken feestis

O.11.185KD.11.191

We schulden not clepe oure kyn þerto  ne no kyn riche

O.11.186KD.11.191α

Cum facitis conuiuia nolite inuitare amicosO.11.186: This line is written in the left margin opposite ll. 185-188. It is divided after conuiuia and <a> in amicos, so that it appears as three lines.

O.11.187KD.11.192

Ac calleþ þe careful þerto  þe croked & þe pore

O.11.188KD.11.193

For ȝoure frendis wolen fede ȝow  & fonde ȝow to quyte 

O.11.189KD.11.194

Ȝoure feestynge & ȝoure fayre ȝiftes  iche freend quyteþ so oþer

O.11.190KD.11.195

Ac for þe pore I schal paye  & pure wel quyte her trauayle

O.11.191KD.11.196

Þat ȝyueþ hem mete or money  & loueþ hem for my sake

O.11.192KD.11.198

For þe beste been summe riche  & summe beggers & pore

O.11.193KD.11.199

For alle arn we cristis creaturis  & of hise coferis riche

O.11.194KD.11.200

And breþeren as of blood  asO.11.194: OC2F alone lack wel after as. beggers &O.11.194: OC2F alone have & in place of as. erlesO.11.194: At the bottom right margin of this page, boxed catchwords have been lost to cropping; only the top of the box is visible.

ForO.11.206: OC2 alone have For in place of And. if þat iche man may forbere  amende þere it nediþ

O.11.207KD.11.211

And euery man helpe oþer  for hennes schul we alle

O.11.208KD.11.211α

Alter alterius onera portate & ceteraO.11.208: This line is written in the right margin.

O.11.209KD.11.212

And be we not vnkynde of oure catel  ne of oure kunnyng neiþer

O.11.210KD.11.213

For noot no man how it is  to be ynome fro boþe

O.11.211KD.11.214

For-þi . lakke no lijf oþer  þouȝ he more latyn knowe

O.11.212KD.11.215

Ne vndirnyme not foule  for is noon wiþ-outen faute

O.11.213KD.11.216

For what-euere clerkis carpenO.11.213: OC2 alone have the form carpen in place of carpe.  of cristendom or ellis

O.11.214KD.11.217

Crist to a comune womman seyde  in comune at a feeste

O.11.215KD.11.218

Þat fides sua schulde sauen hir  & saluen hir of synnes

O.11.216KD.11.219

Þanne is beleue a lele helpe  aboue logyk or lawe

O.11.217KD.11.220

Of logyk ne of lawe  in legenda sanctorum

O.11.218KD.11.221

Is litil allowaunce maad  but if beleue hem helpe

O.11.219KD.11.222

For it is ouerlonge . er logyk  any lessoun assoyle

O.11.220KD.11.223

And lawe is loþ to louye  but if he lacche syluer

O.11.221KD.11.224

ButO.11.221: OC2 alone have But in place of Boþe. logyk & lawe  þat louenO.11.221: OC2 alone have the form louen in place of loueþ. not to lye

O.11.222KD.11.225

I counceyle alle cristen men  cleue not þer-on to sore

O.11.223KD.11.226

For summe wordis I fynde writen  werenO.11.223: O alone has weren; most B manuscripts have were. of feiþes techyng

O.11.224KD.11.227

That sauede synful men  as seynt Ion bereþ witnesse

O.11.225KD.11.228

Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis  remecietur vobisO.11.225: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after the caesura, and the second line is preceded by a red parasign.

O.11.226KD.11.229

For-þi lerne we þe lawe of loue  as oure lord tauȝte

O.11.227KD.11.230

And as seynt gregori seyde  for mennysO.11.227: OC2 alone have the plural form. soule helþe

O.11.228KD.11.231

Meliusest scrutari scelera nostraO.11.228: A double solidus indicates transposition of original nostra scelera. quam naturas rerumO.11.228: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after naturas, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

pureO.11.243: Because pore is accompanied by a solidus/punctus above, and marginal pure by a caret/punctus, it seems clear that substitution is intended.

O.11.243KD.11.246

Seynt ion & oþer seyntis  weren seyn in pore cloþing

O.11.244KD.11.247

And as pore pilgrimes  preyeden mennys goodis

O.11.245KD.11.248

Iesu crist on a Iues douȝter aliȝte  gentil womman þouȝ sche were

O.11.246KD.11.249

O.11.246: A cross about two characters in height appears in the near left margin between this line and the next; the hand responsible
cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 3.Was a pure pore mayde  & to a pore man weddid

O.11.247KD.11.250

Martha on marie magdalene  an huge pleynt sche made

O.11.248KD.11.251

And to oure saueour self  seyde þeise wordis

O.11.249KD.11.252

Domine non est tibi cure quod soror mea reliquit me solam & ceteraO.11.249: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mea, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

O.11.250KD.11.253

And hastili god answerede  & eyþeris wille folewede

O.11.251KD.11.254

Boþ in marthas & in maries  as matheu bereþ witnesse

O.11.252KD.11.255

Ac pouerte god putte bifore  & preysede it þe better

O.11.253KD.11.255α

Maria optimam partem elegit que non auferetur ab eaO.11.253: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after que, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

O.11.254KD.11.256

And alle þe wise þat euere werenO.11.254: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were.  bi ouȝt I can aspie

O.11.255KD.11.257

Preysen pouerte for best lijf  if pacience it folewe

O.11.256KD.11.258

And boþe better & blessider  bi many foold þan richesse

O.11.257KD.11.259

And þouȝ it be soure to suffre  þer comeþ swete after

O.11.258KD.11.260

As on a walnote wiþ-outen  is a bitter bark

O.11.259KD.11.261

And after þat bitter bark  be þe schelle aweye

O.11.260KD.11.262

Is a kirnel of kounfort  kynde to restore

O.11.261KD.11.263

So is after pouerte or pacienceO.11.261: OC2 alone have pacience in place of penaunce.  pacientlich ytake

O.11.262KD.11.264

For it makiþ man to haue mynde in god  & a greet wille 

O.11.263KD.11.265

To wepe & to wel bidde  wher-of wexeþ mercyO.11.263: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Of which crist is a kernell to conforte þe soule."

O.11.264KD.11.267

And wel sikerer he slepiþ  þe man þat is pore

O.11.265KD.11.268

And lasse he drediþ deþ  & in derk to be robbed 

O.11.266KD.11.269

Þan he þat is riȝt riche  resoun bereþ witnesse

O.11.267KD.11.269α

Pauper ego ludo  dum tu diues meditarisO.11.267: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after diues, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

O.11.268KD.11.270

And þouȝ salomon seyde  as folk seen in þe bible

O.11.269KD.11.271

Diuicias nec paupertates & ceteraO.11.269: This line is written in the right margin.

O.11.270KD.11.272

Wiser þan salomon was  bereþ witnesse & tauȝte

O.11.271KD.11.273

Þat parfiȝt pouerte was  no possessioun to haue

O.11.272KD.11.274

And lijf moost likyng to god  as luke bereþ witnesse

O.11.273KD.11.274α

Si vis perfectus esse vade & vende & ceteraO.11.273: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after &, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

O.11.274KD.11.275

And is to mene to men  þat on þis moold lyuen

war munkes & chanounsO.11.275: This rubric is divided after &, so that it appears as two lines.

O.11.275KD.11.276

Who-so wole be pure parfiȝt  mote possessioun forsake

O.11.276KD.11.277

Or selle it as seiþ þe book  & þe syluer dele

O.11.277KD.11.278

To beggers þat goon & beggenO.11.277: OC2 alone have the form beggen; all other beta witnesses have begge.  & bidden good for goddislouegoddis loue

. nota .O.11.278: The word nota is surrounded at left, right, and bottom by flourishes in black and red.

O.11.278KD.11.279

For faylede neuere man mete  þat myȝtful god seruede

O.11.279KD.11.279.1

Non vidi iustum derelictum nec semen eius querens panemO.11.279: This line, which occurs here only in OC2, is written in the right margin. It is divided after derelictum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. The word nota is surrounded at left, right, and bottom by flourishes in black and red. This line has occurred previously at 7.98; Kane
and Donaldson (221) exclude it as a "contamination," probably inserted from memory.

O.11.280KD.11.280

As dauid seiþ in þe sauter  to swiche þat ben in wille 

O.11.281KD.11.281

To serue god goodlich  ne greueþ hym no penaunce

O.11.282KD.11.281α

Nichil impossibile volentiO.11.282: This line is written in the right margin.

O.11.283KD.11.282

Ne lakkeþ neuere lijflode  lynnen ne wollen

O.11.284KD.11.282α

Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono .O.11.284: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mi- in minuentur, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

IfO.11.285: The <I> in If is decorated with flourishes. preestis weren parfiȝt  þei wolden no syluer take

O.11.286KD.11.284

For masses ne for mateyns  not her mete of vsureris

O.11.287KD.11.285

Ne neiþer kirtel ne kote  þouȝ þei for coold schulden deye

O.11.288KD.11.286

And þei her deuer dide as dauid  seiþ . in þe sauter

O.11.289KD.11.286α

Iudica me deus  & discerne causam & ceteraO.11.289: OC2 alone have & cetera in place of meam. spera in deo & ceteraO.11.289: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after & cetera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

O.11.290KD.11.287

Spekiþ of preestis  þat han no spendynge syluer

O.11.291KD.11.288

Þat if þei trauayle trulich  & triste in god almyȝti

O.11.292KD.11.289

Hem schulde lakke no lijflode  neiþer wollen ne lynnen

O.11.293KD.11.290

And þe title þei taken ordre bi  telleþ . ȝe been auaunced

O.11.294KD.11.291

Þanne nediþ not ȝow take syluer  for masses þat ȝe syngen

O.11.295KD.11.292

For he þat toke ȝow ȝoure title  schulde take ȝow ȝoure wages

O.11.296KD.11.293

Of þe bisschop þat blessiþ ȝow  if þat ȝe been worþi

O.11.297KD.11.294

For made neuere kyng no knyȝt  but he hadde catel to spende

O.11.298KD.11.295

As bifel for a knyȝt  or fonde hym for his strenkþe

O.11.299KD.11.296

It is a careful knyȝt  & of caytijf kyngys makyng

O.11.300KD.11.297

Þat haþ no loond ne lynage riche  ne good loos of hise handis

O.11.301KD.11.298

Þe same I seye for-soþe  bi alle swiche preestis

O.11.302KD.11.299

Þat han neiþer kunnyng ne kyn  but a crowne oone

O.11.303KD.11.300

And a title a tale of nouȝt  to his lijflode at mescheef

O.11.304KD.11.301

He haþ more bileue as IO.11.304: The <I> seems to have been written over an anticipated <l> from leue. leue  to lacche þoruȝ his crowne 

O.11.305KD.11.302

Cure . þan for kunnyng or knowyng  for clene of beryng

O.11.306KD.11.302.1

I haue wonder & why  & wherfore þe bisschop

O.11.307KD.11.302.2

Makeþ swiche preestes  þat lewide men bitrayenO.11.307: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this and the preceding line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well
as failure to alliterate.

O.11.308KD.11.303

A chartre is chalengeble  bifore a cheef Iustise

O.11.309KD.11.304

If fals latyn be in þat lettre  þe lawe it impugneþ

O.11.310KD.11.305

Or peyntid par interlynarie  parcellis ouer-skippid

O.11.311KD.11.306

Þe goom þat gloseþ so chartres  for a goky is holden

O.11.312KD.11.307

So it is a goky bi god  þat in his gospel fayliþ

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Or in messe or matyns  makiþ any defaute

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Qui offendit in vno in omnibus est reusO.11.314: This line is written in the right margin.

And nempnede me bi name  & bade me nymeO.11.327: OC2 alone have the form nyme in place of nymen. heed

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And þoruȝ þe wondris of þis world  witt for to take

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And on a mounteyn þat mydleerd hyȝte  as me þoo þouȝte

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I was fet forþ  bi ensaumples to knowe 

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Þoruȝ iche a creature & kynde  my creatoure to louyeO.11.331: The <o> in louye is written over an illegible character.

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I seyȝ þe sunne & þe sehe  & þe sond after

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And where þat briddis & beestis  bi her make ȝeden

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Wylde wormes in wodis  & wondirfulO.11.334: The <u> in wondirful seems to have been written over an <o>. foulis

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Wiþ flekked feþeris  & of fele colouris

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Man haddeO.11.336: OC2 alone have hadde in place of and. his make  I myȝte boþe beholde

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Pouerte & plente  boþe pees & werre

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Blisse & Bale  boþe I seyȝ at ones

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AndO.11.339: OC2F alone lack how before men. men token mede  & mercy refusedenO.11.339: O alone has the form refuseden; all other beta witnesses have refused.

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Resoun I seyȝ soþeli  suen alle beestis

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In etyng & drynkyng  & in engendryng of kynde

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And after cours of concepcioun  noon toke keep of oþer

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And whanne þei hadden riden in rotey tyme  anoon-riȝt þerafter

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Males drowen hem to males  on morwenyngesO.11.344: O alone has on morwenynges; variants include all mornynge (Hm), on morninge (Cr3), on morwnynge (C2), on mornings (Cr2), on mournes (G), amornynges (LCr1), amorwenges (YC), amorwynges (Cot), and amorwenynges (WBmBoMR). bi hem-seluenO.11.344: O alone has the form seluen in place of selue.

Et vidit deus cuncta que fecerat & erant valde bona . .O.11.393: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after fecerat, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

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And bade euery creature  in his kynde encrece

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Al to myrþe wiþ . man  þat moost woo þolieþO.11.395: OC2RF alone have wo þolieþ most B manuscripts have wo þolie. These scribes seem to have understood moost as a superlative, where others interpreted it as a modal.

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In fondyng of þe flesch  & of þe feend boþe

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For man was maad of swych a mateer  he may not wel asterteO.11.397: The word asterte was rewritten in the right margin, apparently because the er suspension in the first occurrence was misplaced and smudged.